diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/net/server/Channel.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/net/server/Channel.java
index 8e8375f0c0..391f6de6cf 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/net/server/Channel.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/net/server/Channel.java
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ public void publicRLPxHandshakeFinished(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, FrameCodec fr
 
         logger.debug("publicRLPxHandshakeFinished with " + ctx.channel().remoteAddress());
 
+        messageCodec.setSupportChunkedFrames(false);
+
         FrameCodecHandler frameCodecHandler = new FrameCodecHandler(frameCodec, this);
         ctx.pipeline().addLast("medianFrameCodec", frameCodecHandler);
         ctx.pipeline().addLast("messageCodec", messageCodec);